WARD, ELIZABETH STUART

ist and religious e ayist; took practical interest in public movements; married Rev. H. D. Ward (1888); wrote for children and for adults; works include Sealed Orders (1879), Come Forth (1890), Within the Gates (1901), The Oath of Allegiance (1909). WARD, MRS. HUMPHRY, ee MARY AUGUST A ARNOLD (185i1920), Eng. novelist; b. Tasmania; was granddaughter of Dr. Arnold of Rugby; married Thomas Humphry Ward of Oxford (1872); trans. Amiel’s Journal Intime (1885), and was engaged for a time in historical research; Robert Elsmere (1888), her first novel, won immediate popularity; later works include History of David Grieve (1892), Marcella (1894), The Marriage of William Ashe (1905), Fenwick’s Career (1906), Lady Rose’s Daughter (1908), Writer's Recollections (1918), and Harvest (1920); one of last of great Victorian novelists.